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Free online resources for Ukrainians settling in the UK and Ireland
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Free online resources for Ukrainians settling in the UK and Ireland

...Project). ASAP’s aim is to reduce destitution experienced by asylum seekers by helping them to obtain housing and welfare support. Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants Legal advice FAQs for EU Settlement Scheme Basic guide to the UK spouse visa Asylum Aid The Law Society Law Society of Scotland The Law Society of Northern Ireland Legal Aid Board (Ireland) FLAC -...
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French Presidential Election: What have we learned from the First Round?
Society, Politics & Law

French Presidential Election: What have we learned from the First Round?

...projections based on exit polls, even as they appeared to confirm the gap between Macron and Le Pen, and again Fillon and Mélenchon. This is the downside of Mélenchonite. After the fever reaches its high point, it inevitably leads to disappointment, not to say depression. In 2012, having thought he might come third, Mélenchon slipped to fourth, and by a distance. In...
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Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues
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Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues

...project has allowed us to dive into an archive collection of a hundred environmental programmes from across fifty years of the BBC’s broadcasting about environmental issues. In this two part podcast I invite you to join me on my own journey through the archive, stopping off to discuss a few of the programmes that stand out to me. I want to share some of our thoughts...
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The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education
Education & Development

The experts who put storytelling, language and better paid teachers at the heart of early education

...projects but also for teaching undergraduate courses in language development. Back to basics Bruner’s former student, Oxford-based Sylva (who was awarded an OBE for her service to children and families), addressed the inequalities in children’s education and was an early advocate of investment in high-quality early childhood settings. She saw that quality is achieved...
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Under the covers: The emerging critical sleep studies
History & The Arts

Under the covers: The emerging critical sleep studies

...Contained’: Contemporary Fiction and the Science of Sleep.” Contemporary Literature, vol. 56, no. 1, Spring 2015, pp. 56-80. It can be found on Project Muse [requires an appropriate account] This article was originally published in the Journal of Literature And Science under a CC-BY-SA-NC-ND licence. You can read the aritcle, with full footnotes, at the JLS website....
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Radical alternatives to prison
Society, Politics & Law

Radical alternatives to prison

...projects, where each family has a ‘family worker’, could follow a similar model. Some people embroiled within the penal law would undoubtedly benefit from therapeutic interventions and those people who have mental health problem, substance usage problems or require other forms of medical interventions could be offered effective voluntary non-custodial treatments and...
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Solving the care crisis with public investment
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Solving the care crisis with public investment

...projects for organisations including the ILO (International Labour Organization) and FEPS (Foundation for European Progressive Studies), and co-chair for policy on the Women’s Budget Group. In this video he explores the benefits that may come from a care-led recovery. These include: • employment generation • reduction of the gender employment gap • contribution to...
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A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws
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A quiet man, hounded: One person's experience of the UK's anti-homosexuality laws

...Project, Boylan recalled that Thomas and another man were arrested for allegedly looking at each other in a local public lavatory. Thomas was ill-advised by his lawyers to plead guilty to “corrupting a young man”. But he was given a glowing character reference by Kenneth Clark, director of the National Gallery, who had expected Thomas to succeed him. But it was to no...
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